Table E5A.
Electricity Consumption (kWh) by End Use for All Buildings, 2003

Total Electricity
Consumption (billion kWh)

Total

Space Heat-
ing

Cool-
ing

Venti-
lation

Water Heat-
ing

Light-
ing

Cook-
ing

Refrig-
eration

Office Equip-
ment

Com-
puters

Other

All Buildings
.........................

1,043

49

141

128

26

393

7

112

20

46

122

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000
.........................

115

6

13

5

3

28

2

40

2

3

11

5,001 to 10,000
.......................

86

5

11

5

2

28

1

17

2

3

11

10,001 to 25,000 .....................

142

8

16

15

4

54

1

17

3

6

19

25,001 to 50,000 .....................

116

5

18

16

3

41

(*)

11

2

5

14

50,001 to 100,000 ...................

153

8

22

23

4

59

1

10

2

6

17

100,001 to 200,000 .................

172

7

24

27

3

68

(*)

9

4

10

20

200,001 to 500,000 .................

112

3

16

16

2

50

(*)

3

2

6

13

Over 500,000
..........................

147

7

20

20

3

64

1

5

3

7

16

Principal Building
Activity

Education
................................

109

4

22

24

3

33

(*)

5

1

9

6

Food Sales
..............................

61

2

4

2

Q

14

1

35

1

1

3

Food Service
..........................

63

3

8

7

3

12

4

20

(*)

1

4

Health Care
.............................

73

2

10

12

1

31

(*)

2

1

3

11

Inpatient ................................

52

1

7

11

1

22

(*)

1

1

2

6

Outpatient .............................

20

1

3

1

(*)

8

(*)

1

(*)

1

4

Lodging
...................................

69

4

7

4

3

36

1

3

Q

2

7

Mercantile
...............................

215

17

32

20

11

90

1

14

2

3

24

Retail (Other Than Mall) ........

62

2

7

5

1

33

(*)

6

1

1

6

Enclosed and Strip Malls .......

153

15

25

15

11

58

1

8

2

2

18

Office
......................................

211

10

30

18

2

82

(*)

10

9

22

27

Public Assembly .....................

49

1

10

18

(*)

8

(*)

3

Q

1

7

Public Order and Safety .........

17

1

2

3

1

5

(*)

1

(*)

(*)

3

Religious Worship ...................

18

1

3

2

(*)

5

(*)

2

(*)

(*)

5

Service
...................................

44

2

4

7

(*)

18

Q

3

(*)

1

8

Warehouse and Storage
........

72

1

4

6

1

39

Q

10

1

1

9

Other
.......................................

39

1

5

3

Q

17

Q

3

Q

1

6

Vacant
....................................

4

(*)

(*)

(*)

Q

1

Q

(*)

Q

(*)

2

Year Constructed

Before 1920
............................

27

1

2

3

Q

10

(*)

5

1

1

4

1920 to 1945
...........................

63

1

5

9

1

27

(*)

8

1

2

9

1946 to 1959
...........................

72

3

8

10

2

27

1

8

1

3

9

1960 to 1969
...........................

105

4

14

16

2

37

(*)

12

2

6

13

1970 to 1979
...........................

202

12

26

25

5

78

1

19

4

8

24

1980 to 1989
...........................

231

12

34

24

7

87

1

22

5

11

27

1990 to 1999
...........................

241

11

36

29

7

86

2

27

5

11

27

2000 to 2003
...........................

102

5

16

11

2

40

1

12

1

3

11

Census Region
and Division

Northeast
................................

172

10

13

22

3

70

1

18

4

9

22

New England ........................

41

3

2

5

1

16

(*)

6

1

2

5

Middle Atlantic .......................

131

7

10

18

2

54

(*)

12

3

7

17

Midwest
..................................

234

15

17

32

4

92

2

27

5

11

30

East North Central .................

168

10

11

24

3

67

1

18

3

8

22

West North Central ...............

66

6

6

8

1

24

(*)

9

1

3

8

South
......................................

452

15

88

52

14

159

4

49

6

17

48

South Atlantic .......................

254

9

45

29

9

91

2

28

4

11

26

East South Central ................

57

3

8

7

2

21

(*)

7

1

2

7

West South Central ...............

141

3

35

16

4

47

1

14

2

4

15

West
.......................................

185

9

24

21

4

72

1

17

6

9

23

Mountain ...............................

68

4

9

8

1

28

Q

6

Q

3

8

Pacific ...................................

117

5

15

13

3

44

1

11

4

6

15

Climate Zone:
30-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

More than 7,000 HDD ............

137

10

8

19

3

53

1

18

3

5

17

5,500-7,000 HDD ..................

254

17

19

32

5

103

2

28

5

12

32

4,000-5,499 HDD ..................

189

10

19

22

4

76

1

19

6

9

22

Fewer than 4,000 HDD .........

261

8

40

32

8

97

2

30

4

10

31

2,000 CDD or More and --

Fewer than 4,000 HDD .........

202

4

56

22

6

64

1

17

2

9

20

Number of Establishments

One
.........................................

627

24

80

80

13

231

6

85

12

25

71

2 to 5
.......................................

180

8

24

22

4

72

1

16

4

8

23

6 to 10
.....................................

67

5

9

7

3

26

(*)

3

1

Q

8

11 to 20
...................................

64

5

10

7

3

24

(*)

3

1

2

8

More than 20
...........................

103

7

18

12

4

38

(*)

4

2

5

12

Currently Unoccupied .............

3

Q

Q

(*)

Q

1

Q

Q

Q

Q

1

Energy Sources
(more than

one may apply)

Electricity
................................

1,043

49

141

128

26

393

7

112

20

46

122

Natural Gas
.............................

743

30

95

98

15

289

5

76

14

33

88

Fuel Oil
....................................

275

12

36

38

5

114

1

14

7

15

33

District Heat
............................

101

2

7

21

1

44

(*)

4

1

9

13

Energy End Uses
(more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space
Heating .

1,006

49

133

125

25

380

7

106

20

45

118

Buildings with Cooling .............

1,010

48

141

123

26

377

7

108

20

45

116

Buildings with Water Heating ..

990

47

134

122

26

370

7

106

20

45

114

Annual Consumption

(kilowatthours)

10,000 or Less .......................

4

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

1

(*)

1

(*)

(*)

1

10,001 to 50,000 .....................

45

2

6

3

1

16

(*)

7

1

1

8

50,001 to 100,000 ...................

55

3

7

4

1

18

(*)

11

1

2

8

100,001 to 500,000 .................

238

13

28

23

7

79

3

44

4

8

27

500,001 to 1,000,000 ..............

110

5

17

14

4

39

1

13

2

4

11

1,000,001 to 5,000,000 ...........

333

16

47

49

8

125

1

26

5

17

37

Over 5,000,000 .......................

258

10

36

33

5

114

1

10

7

13

29

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for
further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed
from the CBECS web site - http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/.
(*)=Value rounds to zero in the units displayed.
Q=Data withheld because fewer than 20 buildings were sampled for any cell,
or because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent for
a cell in the "Total" column.

Note: Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End
Use, Form EIA-871A, C, and E of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy
Consumption Survey.